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What's your (animal) sign?

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ID: 1051 Elementary
Here's a lesson on Sign Language. In this podcast, you'll learn how to sneakily figure out people's age, based on the twelve-year Chinese zodiac. And do it all in Mandarin!
Fri Dec 12 2008 | Jenny , Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
对了 duì le Oh, right
属 shǔ to belong to some zodiac sign
猴 hóu monkey
老鼠 lǎoshǔ rat
对了，你属什么？
right ，nǐ shǔ shénme ？
Oh, which zodiac sign do you belong to?
我属猴。你呢？
wǒ shǔ hóu 。nǐ ne ？
I was born during the year of the Monkey. What about you?
我属老鼠。
wǒ shǔ lǎoshǔ 。
I was born during the year of the Rat.
哇，你很年轻啊。
wā ，nǐ hěn niánqīng a 。
Wow, you're really young!
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